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Leniu to face judiciary over alleged 'monkey' racial slur, heated hotel confrontation revealed, Tuqiri blasts Robbo
I think Cobbo will go to the centres with Pereira or Sailor on the wing. Maybe not round 1, but by mid-season I think this transition will have occurred.
NRL Round 1 predicted teams: Brisbane Broncos - After going close in 2023, was that their best chance at glory?
So being the best player amongst 33 of the best players in the NRL is not replicating NRL ratings? What more than winning player of the series could he do?
Have a new medal named after him?
Ten predictions for NRL season 2024: Surprise Origin picks, coaching changes and the Eels return to finals football
“We have never seen the best of Tommy Turbo at rep level”
uhh except when he dominated and won the Brad Fitler medal?
Ten predictions for NRL season 2024: Surprise Origin picks, coaching changes and the Eels return to finals football
Hi Paul,
I agree whole-heartedly. There must be incentive for clubs to keep players, there’s nothing more disappointing that club stalwarts being moved on unnecessarily early.
I think another dimension could be added to this. If clubs spent x amount of years developing a junior, and that player ends up playing first grade, for any club, the club should receive a $10k bonus to the salary cap (or whatever the right figure is). We don’t need to just reward loyalty from the moment they play first grade, we need to reward the clubs for investing in development to begin with.
Transfer window a must-have despite players wanting open-door policy but beefed-up loyalty discounts needed
The backline is almost irrelevant if the halves are useless though. Luai is severely overrated and without Cleary holding his hand he won’t be able do anything, Milford is a shell of himself.
It'd be great for rugby league if Kangaroos don't win World Cup: Take the $11 on a Samoa fairytale
Agree mate, my point was their “greatness” as a team isn’t that great. They’re not even close to the best sides of the last 20 years, even if they are the best Penrith side. I think it shows more how the talent has been watered down and the salary cap has evened the teams, but just spread the talent thinly and lowered the standard across the board.
Is this really the best-ever Penrith team?
Ado carr? He didn’t even make origin this year. He’s certainly no Sailor.
Is this really the best-ever Penrith team?
Disagree, broncos and raiders sides of the 1990s significantly better. Broncos side had 15 rep players, including some of the best players of all time – Lockyer, webcke, petro, Tallis, langer, walkers, Renoir, sailor,
Is this really the best-ever Penrith team?
Line the panthers up player by player against that raiders or broncos teams.
Which players from the panthers would make it in a joint team with the 94 raiders or the 98/2000 broncos? Fisher Harris is probably the only one who makes a starting spot in either.
Is this really the best-ever Penrith team?
Good question.
You could make an argument for any one of Lazarus, Walters (Steve), Daley, Stuart, Meninga, Clyde, all from the one side. Throw in your Mullins, Belcher, fantastic team.
I think maybe Meninga? There’s a lot of raiders love for Daley though. Stuart was fantastic but on a rep scene was often behind Langer and the raiders lens is a bit tainted given he got moved on to the dogs to finish his career.
Is this really the best-ever Penrith team?
Broncos and raiders teams of the 90s infinitely better. Barely a panther would feature in a combined side with either of these teams.
Is this really the best-ever Penrith team?
The “crimes” of the panthers arrogance and stupidity are hardly anything to hang them on. What it does highlight though, is the sheer arrogance and lack of humility – they don’t even pretend to be a tiny bit humble. Aside from the glimpses we see, their arrogance is obviously much more.
The only team that can stop arrogant Panthers from three-peat is themselves
Unlucky but realistically he can only cover fullback. Latrell can cover fullback if needed.
If edwards could play wing or centre he’d be in for sure, and deservedly so.
Kangaroos World Cup squad named: Edwards snubbed, Tedesco captain, 13 debutants chosen
Agree with your ratings mate, bang on I reckon. Surely Edwards booked a spot in the kangaroos camp?
Penrith Panthers NRL Grand Final Player Ratings: 'Magnificent' superstar takes Eels apart, unsung heroes set the tone
Keep Finch, drop Stoinis if anyone.
Finch should step aside for red-hot Green to give Australia best chance of winning World Cup
Ricky Stuart is way too high. 05 and 06 poor seasons at the chooks saw him kicked out of there. 2 decent, followed by 2 disastrous seasons at the sharks and he got speared from there before destroying parramatta and getting speared there. Sacked from 3 clubs.
He’s got 2 spoons and 2 second lasts.
He’s left every club worse than when he arrived.
I can’t be bothered digging it out but there’s some stat where he has a win percentage of less than 25% in games decided by 1 or 2 points, as a coach.
His teams fall off a cliff after making preliminary finals or grand finals on multiple occasions, ie grand final to second last.
25 in 25: Best coach in NRL era - Bellamy, Bennett or Robinson the king of clipboard carriers?
Game 3 was the best of the lot but all 3 were significantly down on normal. Game 1 felt like a reserve grade game.
This Maroons team has the potential to start another dynasty
As much as I love a QLD ambush, I can’t see it happening this year let alone a dynasty. Munster and Grant are unlikely to play, Ponga also in doubt. Moving the game to Townsville gives a slight advantage to QLD but overall, the NSW team is stronger in every position.
The series last year was an anomaly. End of the year, nobody really cared, players in bubbles away from their family and the games lacked intensity and interest.
Vlandys has tried his best to ruin the game this year and I can only hope the origin spectacle is ruined by over zealous sin binnings which result in a much needed 180 on the ridiculous rules.
That said – go Queensland! Would love to see Walsh get a chance at some stage in the series.
This Maroons team has the potential to start another dynasty
It’s not a narrative, it’s absolutely the case. Sin bins are either deciding outcomes on games or, they’re determining the margin.
I can’t find the stat for it, but I’ve heard that 3 times this year teams have scored 3 tries whilst a player was in the bin. If you think the contest of those games wasn’t ruined by a bloke being in the bin… then I don’t know what to say. The stat for 2 tries is probably quite high.
Even the Penrith games where they’re towelling up teams, sure, they would have won regardless, but surely we want at least some sort of contest.
The NRL stuffed its messaging. Have they lost the crowd?
The issue is “some have been fairly light”? Actually most have been very light. Take your pick of most of them and they don’t deserve a sin bin. Blokes who are getting binned and then go to the judiciary to only get a fine. Meaning, the NRLs own system deems it so minor that it only needs a fine, yet the bloke already missed 10 mins, potentially costing his team the game.
The send offs they may have mostly gotten right.
The issue is that it’s determining results of games, or putting the nail in the coffin of a team after 15 mins. The blow out scores are also a blight on the game.
Maybe it’s time for a 5 min sin bin.
The NRL stuffed its messaging. Have they lost the crowd?
Leniu is (allegedly) at fault here and if determined to be guilty, then deserves to be punished. However, the roosters media manager should never have let him be interviewed after the game. Who on earth benefits from that? Leniu is obviously not a bright spark and every effort should have been made to wheel him up the tunnel and drum some talking points into him before he says something stupid.
All that said, maybe it’s better off we saw Lenius true feelings and lack of remorse, to which I’m sure will play into the penalty (if found guilty).
‘Fun and games, banter’: Leniu response to racial allegation beggars belief as ‘heat of the battle’ mentality harms NRL yet again